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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act allowed special government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave. Suspects had no right to a trail to prove that they had been falsely accused. All that was required to deprive them of their freedom was for a slave holder or any white witness to swear that the suspect was the slave holder's property. In addition, the law required northern citizens to help capture accused runaways if authorities requested assistance. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
It was an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe and it helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
This document stated that Kansas and Nebraska could deiced for themselves whether they wanted slavery or if they didn't want slavery.
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The Election of 1860
The election were Abraham Lincoln won the election against John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephan A. Douglas
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Battle at Fort Sumter
The confederate forces around Charleston Harbor opened fire on on the Union holding, then they surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day www.historynet.com/battle-of-fort-sumter -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
During the American Civil War was the first duel between ironclad warships.
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The Battle of Shiloh
The Confederacy took the opportunity to attack Union forces near Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee, on April 6, hoping to crush one Union force before the other could arrive.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
It was an executive order document that that stated slaves in the Confederate states were granted freedom and it was signed by Abraham Lincoln.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Union and Confederates fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania were the Union won and stopped Confederates from advancing
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Surrender at Appomattox
When the Confederacy was surrounded by the Union in a small town the Confederacy decided to surrender at the Appomattox court house.
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Assassination of President Lincoln
President Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre and was taken to the Peterson's house that is were President Lincoln died.
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The Thirteenth Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, should take place in the united states expect for punishments like (community service)